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Re: I'm Archiving Picocrypt

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Post by ramon156 »

chromehearts wrote: post #34

Nice post really . I like the meta conversation . But in my opinion, it's a bit hypocritical to blame / be mad at LLMs etc. ruining the fun of coding because & then use AI generated profile pictures. Why not draw your ghibli styled profile picture yourself? Why use an AI generated image? Doesn't using image generators ruin the fun of drawing? Vibe-drawing? > He criticizes "Large tech companies and investors" for prio…

I second this, plus their responses are petty.

As an example:

> you're not helping anything or making some resonant statement with that thing above or your avatar

> Sorry for breathing and producing CO2.

That's not what the commenter argued, and that response is incredibly petty. It's a way to defuse the argument entirely (is that a straw-man? no idea).

Re: I'm Archiving Picocrypt

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Post by sakjur »

movetheworld wrote: post #9

Seems like a nice project. I'm still a little bit concerned with the VirusTotal result: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/81bbdffb92181a11692ec665...

When I checked a few years back, even a ”hello world” Go application compiled for Windows was flagged as malware by a malware scanner that I investigated.

I’m not at a computer where I could try that hypothesis right now, but back then my conclusion after testing various executables was that any unsigned Go binary would be flagged as a malware.

Re: I'm Archiving Picocrypt

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Post by sakjur »

nurettin wrote: post #6

LLMs are glorified "LMGTFY" tools. AI assistance doesn't make people experts at anything. Some genz vibe coder isn't getting your job guys calm the heck down.

I’m concerned that AI slop will affect open source projects by tilting the already unfavorable maintainer-contributor balance even more towards low-quality contributions.

Daniel Stenberg (from the curl project) has blogged a bunch about AI slop seeping into vulnerability reports[1], and if the same happens to code contributions, documentation and so forth that can help turning a fun hobby project into something you dread maintaing.

[1] https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/07/14/death-by-a-thousand-s...

Re: I'm Archiving Picocrypt

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Post by karteum »

raincole wrote: post #15

I don't get it. (I'm not trying to throw shades at the author. I know they have no obligation to maintain an open source project. I'm simply having a hard time gasping what's happening.)

I was thinking exactly the same : I also don't get it (even though I totally get that someone may lose motivation to work on a project, and certainly has no obligation to continue. But this justification sounds a bit weird to me).

Could this mean that he has been approached by some "men in black" asking to insert some backdoor in the code or to stop working on it, together with a gag order ? (actually I also wondered the same a long time ago with Truecrypt, even though to my knowledge no backdoor has ever been found in further audits...)

Re: I'm Archiving Picocrypt

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Post by Shorel »

reasonableklout wrote: post #14
MarkusQ wrote: post #2

Wow. That was strangely...something. Simultaneously not what I expected and yet just nailing the vibe of vibe slop frustration.

It's a nice message and I sympathize with the frustration, but the critique falls flat with the author's decision to pivot into AI research.

The difference I perceive is the split between being the one designing the software, which is what he likes to do, and letting a LLM design the software, without the developer actually understanding what's going on, which is what he dislikes.

(This short comment exchange between us is also a meta commentary on that. Because our comments are much shorter than all the AI summaries, and at the same time, we add nuance and clarification to the ideas exposed, something the AI summaries don't do.)

Re: I'm Archiving Picocrypt

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Post by rikafurude21 »

latexr wrote: post #38
neom wrote: post #37

https://github.com/Picocrypt/Picocrypt/issues/134#issuecomme... This to me is the crux of the whole thing. Almost like a knitter throwing away their needles because they saw a loom.

Considering the author is explicitly going into AI research, has an AI-generated profile picture, and claims front-and-centre on their website they are excited about LLMs, I don’t think that analogy works. Or rather, it is like a knitter throwing away their needles to eagerly go work in the loom manufacturing industry.

I dont think many people would be excited at the thought of going from handcrafted artisan knitting to babying machines in the knitting factory. You need a certain type of autism to be into the latter.

Re: I'm Archiving Picocrypt

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Post by [deleted] »

neom wrote: post #37

https://github.com/Picocrypt/Picocrypt/issues/134#issuecomme... This to me is the crux of the whole thing. Almost like a knitter throwing away their needles because they saw a loom.

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Re: I'm Archiving Picocrypt

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Post by Shorel »

movetheworld wrote: post #9

Seems like a nice project. I'm still a little bit concerned with the VirusTotal result: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/81bbdffb92181a11692ec665...

I'm concerned about your comment.

I envision a future when people can't deduct anything by themselves and will rely on automated, flawed systems.

The problem is not knowing why and how the systems are flawed, and therefore being unable to have nuanced and truly accurate decisions.

Re: I'm Archiving Picocrypt

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Post by Shorel »

nurettin wrote: post #6

LLMs are glorified "LMGTFY" tools. AI assistance doesn't make people experts at anything. Some genz vibe coder isn't getting your job guys calm the heck down.

Your last sentence should have been: CEOs calm the heck down.
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